People successfully completing this programme are awarded the New Zealand Certificate of Applied Science (Level 4).
All practical equipment required for the programme.
- importance of laboratory safety
- personal protective equipment
- general safety concepts
- fire safety
- biological safety
- chemical safety
- electrical safety
- airborne hazards
- pressure safety
- ergonomics
- sampling safety
- use of electronic balances
- tolerances
- recording data
- using mass to determine volume
- laboratory glassware care
- laboratory glassware terminology
- laboratory glassware use
- types of pipettes
- markings on labware
- types of pipette aids
- graduated pipette use
- volumetric pipette use
- micropipette use
- workplace dynamics
- teamwork
- professional expectations
- responding to various cultures
- data analysis
People successfully completing this programme will be able to:
- apply safety concepts, and know or locate information to scenarios in a manner appropriate to typical professional scientific laboratories;
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dispense liquids using different types of equipment with accuracy, reliability, and at a pace appropriate to a commercial laboratory;
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weigh-out specified masses within a specified tolerance at a reliability and pace that would be appropriate in a commercial laboratory;
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select and use glassware appropriate to specific laboratory dispensing needs;
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collect and examine scientific data to do routine tasks typical of those in a testing laboratory;
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contribute to a team performing tasks typical of those in a testing laboratory; and
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demonstrate safe, professional, ethical, and culturally responsive behaviour while contributing to a team performing tasks typical of those in a testing laboratory.
For an explanation about the nature of the following assessments please click here.
- assignment
- verbal follow-up
- slide show session assessments
- practical observation
- attestation
NCEA Level 2 (or equivalent), and demonstration of understanding of the micro-credential and demonstration of general suitability for the study through Real World Education's pre-entry process.
We also recommend (but do not require) at least 20 credits of chemistry at Level 2 or above (or equivalent).
Code for intake: 402-4A Start: 22-Jan-2024 End: 07-June-2024
Code for intake: 402-4C Start: 19-Feb-2024 End: 05-Jul-2024
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